Title 7, AgricultureRelease 119-102
§2204–3 Authority of Designated Employees; Retroactive Revocation of Delegation
Title 7 › CHAPTER 55 — DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE › § 2204–3
Summary
When the Secretary of Agriculture gives someone authority to carry out regulatory duties, the law treats those duties as if they were legally given to that person for the time and scope of the delegation. If that authority is later taken back, the takeback does not affect anything the person already did; actions done under the delegation before it was revoked are still considered to have been done by the Secretary.
Full Legal Text
Title 7, §2204–3
Agriculture, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
Whenever a delegation is made under section 2204–2 of this title, all provisions of law shall be construed as if the regulatory function or the part thereof delegated had (to the extent of the delegation) been vested by law in the individual to whom the delegation is made, instead of in the Secretary of Agriculture. A revocation of delegation shall not be retroactive, and each regulatory function or part thereof performed (within the scope of the delegation) by such individual prior to the revocation shall be considered as having been performed by the Secretary.
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Editorial Notes
Codification Section was formerly classified to section 450e of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section, and to section 516c of Title 5 prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, by Pub. L. 89–554, § 1, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 378.
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7 U.S.C. § 2204–3
Title 7, Agriculture
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102